Race 1 (037)
NEEDLE HILL HANDICAP Rating:60-40 1000m Sha Tin Good
Section 1
| Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
| 1 | 3 | LUCKY MAGIC (CJ302) | D Whyte | TT1 | Broke well, never far off, quickened well to take command over 200 M out, easily. |
| 2 | 4 | RARE TREASURE (CH150) | Y T Cheng | CP-/H-/XB-/TT | Close up early, travelled about 3Ls off the speed onto course proper, renewed effort inside 200 M to just pip 2nd. |
| 3 | 7 | STAR LEGEND (CJ233) | O Doleuze | H | Amongst leaders ploughing lone furrow down the centre of the track, came under pressure to hold position inside 300 M but had not much to give. |
| 4 | 8 | FAIR NAVIGATOR (CJ254) | K C Leung | B/TT | Travelled about 3Ls off the speed early, fought on steadily from 300 M to narrowly miss the placegetters. |
| 5 | 6 | SHY BALDY (CH168) | H W Lai | CP/TT | Led or disputed lead, came under pressure inside 300 M but soon dropped out. |
| 6 | 9 | HOT PEPPER (CJ236) | C W Wong | TT | Ridden to be close up early, yielded ground steadily on course proper. |
| 7 | 1 | CLASSA (CK267) | T H So | B | Began awkwardly, given a reminder early but soon dropped well behind travelling down the centre of the track, went past well-beaten horses closing stages. |
| 8 | 2 | TOP NEWS (CK196) | B Prebble | CP1 | Soon dropped to last few of bunched field, ran home one-paced. (Bled.) |
| 9 | 5 | WIN THE CASH (CL149) | B Doyle | -- | Began awkwardly, settled about 2Ls off the pace and found cover down the centre of the track, dropped out tamely from 300 M. |
| B : | Blinkers | BO : | Blinker with one cowl only | CC : | Cornell Collar | CP : | Sheepskin Cheek Pieces |
| CO : | Sheepskin Cheek Piece One Side | E : | Ear Plugs | H : | Hood | P : | Pacifier |
| PC : | Pacifier with cowls | PS : | Pacifier with one cowl | SB : | Sheepskin Browband | SR : | Shadow Roll |
| TT : | Tongue Tie | V : | Visor | VO : | Visor with one cowl | XB : | Crossed Nose Band |
| "1" : | First time | "2" : | Replaced | "-" : | Removed |